The 1812 Aponte Rebellion in Cuba and the Struggle against Atlantic Slavery

“A welcome contribution to the debates about slave rebellion and also about the nature of the societies of both the slave-owning Caribbean islands and of the free people of colour. Its detail is always fascinating and telling, and its argument sound and much needed.” — Journal of Latin American Studies

“An impressive array of archival sources. . . . Provides an engaging model.” — Hispanic American Historical Review

“A passionately written book that will prove to be a valuable contribution to slavery studies, as well as to the historiography of Cuba and the African diaspora.” — The Journal of Interdisciplinary History

“Childs should be praised for redirecting the 'Aponte Rebellion' into the general literature of African diaspora studies.” — Colonial Latin American Historical Review

“A careful and multi-layered account of the uprisings and the people who planned and carried them out. . . . Childs brilliantly renders this historical complexity.” — The International History Review

“A groundbreaking study that is impressively researched and captivatingly written.” — Slavery and Abolition

“[Contains] important appendix of demographic data on the 381 individuals arrested for participation in the rebellion.” — CHOICE

“Matt Childs . . . provides a new interpretation of classic data, making his one of the most important works in Cuban Studies published in the last fifteen years.” — The Americas

“The first in-depth analysis of insurrections in Cuba in 1812.” — Black Issues Book Review

“Framed in an engaging narrative . . . a welcome contribution to the study of African slavery in the New World.” — Estudios Interdisciplinarios de América Latina y el Caribe